What Is Smishing? How to Spot a Scam Text in 2026
What is Smishing? Smishing is phishing by text message. The word combines “SMS” and “phishing.” The goal is the same as email phishing: get you to tap a link, hand over information, or send money. Attackers usually pretend to be or pose as: What the attacker poses as What they want from you Your bank […]
Business Email Compromise (BEC): How to Catch the Attack Before the Email Lands
What Business Email Compromise Actually Is Business email compromise, or BEC, is a targeted scam where an attacker uses trusted business identities to get money, data, or account access. That trusted identity could be: Impersonated identity What the attacker wants Executive Payment approval or sensitive files Vendor Bank-detail changes or invoice payment Lawyer Confidential transfer or deal-related […]
Pretexting: How Attackers Use Your Public Footprint Against Your Team
What is Pretexting in Cybersecurity? Pretexting is a type of social engineering where someone invents a story to trick a person into giving up information, money, or access. The story drives the attack. Remember, the attacker is not breaking into your systems; they are posing as someone your team already trusts. That could look like: The request looks normal, […]
CEO Fraud Defence: How to Catch the Signals Before It’s Too Late
CEO fraud is a scam in which an attacker impersonates a senior executive (usually the CEO or CFO) to trick an employee into authorizing a fraudulent payment, sharing sensitive data, or changing the bank details on a vendor account. It is a subtype of Business Email Compromise (BEC), and the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center reports it as one […]
What Is Typosquatting?
Typosquatting is the practice of registering domain names that look almost identical to a real brand’s. That could mean a swapped letter, a missing character, a different top-level extension, or a character from another alphabet that looks like the original. Attackers register these domains in bulk, then use them to phish customers, impersonate the brand on email, […]
Brand Trust Management for Enterprises: Why Security Now Owns Part of the Brand
Brand trust management for enterprises used to sit mostly with marketing, PR, and legal. That made sense when the main risk was bad press, customer complaints, or trademark misuse. That is not the world in which enterprises operate now. Attackers can damage trust without breaching your systems. They can clone your website, impersonate your executives, create fake social profiles, […]
How Account Takeover Attacks Work
Account takeover (ATO) attacks often start with access that looks legitimate. An attacker uses a stolen password, a leaked session token, a phishing link, or a fake login page to get into a real account. Once inside, they can move quietly because the system sees a trusted user. For your business, that creates direct risk. […]
What Is Credential Stuffing?
Credential stuffing is when attackers use stolen usernames and passwords to break into accounts. They do not guess passwords. They use login details that have already leaked from past breaches, then test them across websites, apps, customer portals, and employee tools. This works because many people reuse passwords. If one account gets exposed, attackers can […]
Introducing Disinformation Security
Disinformation is the new frontier of cyber threats. It leverages false narratives, fake accounts, and coordinated postings to drive fraud, manipulate perceptions, and drain organizational resources. That’s why Styx Intelligence is proud to launch the first version of Disinformation Security. Built to expose and act on disinformation threats before they cause harm. You can now track harmful content that targets your brand, your leaders, and your customers on public channels. This release focuses on one […]
Actionable Intelligence: Why Context Beats Raw findings
Why Raw Alerts Slow Down Teams If you work in security, you already know the problem: you don’t need more alerts. You need to know what matters, why it matters, and what to do next. That’s what people mean by actionable threat intelligence. It’s not more data… It’s clarity. Raw findings stall execution by forcing teams into guesswork, diverting time and focus away from […]
